Suddenly thinning very fast whilst 11 years of finasteride and 12 years on min

[losingbattle88]

Over time on Finasteride my morning wood eventually disappeared and as @losingbattle88 has put it I do not want to risk more severe sides with Dutasteride.

I can tolerate the mild sides with finasteride but I don't think its healthy nuking your DHT. finasteride & minoxidil gave me the years of perfect hair I wanted and I can now accept my hair slowly getting worse.

Havent used finasteride for some months and I get morning wood daily and random erections at 36. On finasteride this never happened.

 

[centurie]

Havent used finasteride for some months and I get morning wood daily and random erections at 36. On finasteride this never happened.

Yeah I'm pretty sure loss off morning wood is a very understated side of finasteride and it is definitely not healthy. For me it slowly crept up over they years to the point where they are now non existent. I am just hoping more significant sides don't creep in, hence why i will never consider dutasteride.

Eventually I want to get off all meds and accept the balding but I am not quite ready to let go of my hair.

 

[losingbattle88]

Yeah I'm pretty sure loss off morning wood is a very understated side of finasteride and it is definitely not healthy. For me it slowly crept up over they years to the point where they are now non existent. I am just hoping more significant sides don't creep in, hence why i will never consider dutasteride.

Eventually I want to get off all meds and accept the balding but I am not quite ready to let go of my hair.

Well. Im gonna try topical finasteride twice a week to start with. And wait and see.

 

[Thinning Sucks]

I just added my first dutasteride capsule to minoxidil 60ml full bottle tonight - will try this per bottle for some months see what happens again (this time only 1 capsule not 2 which gave me ab pains sides).

Losing ground on finasteride after 25 years and minoxidil after almost 40 years of usage.

 

[abovedagame]

I just added my first dutasteride capsule to minoxidil 60ml full bottle tonight - will try this per bottle for some months see what happens again (this time only 1 capsule not 2 which gave me ab pains sides).

Losing ground on finasteride after 25 years and minoxidil after almost 40 years of usage.

Bro, didn’t you add in one dose of dutasteride weekly? How’d that end up?

 

[Thinning Sucks]

Bro, didn’t you add in one dose of dutasteride weekly? How’d that end up?

I did - got the lower ab pains bad doing that. I continued to take the daily finasteride. Had to stop. No real results but only about 3-4 months of trial.

 

[abovedagame]

I did - got the lower ab pains bad doing that. I continued to take the daily finasteride. Had to stop. No real results but only about 3-4 months of trial.

Ah I see. What’s your full regimen nowadays?

 

[Thinning Sucks]

I take 1.25 finasteride (25 years on this) from a Proscar tab, 5% minoxidil (minoxidil 2% started 1985 and then when 5% came out in 90’s started) usually 2x per day, nizoral maybe 3x per week, and red light in morning now 5-10min to scalp for about 1.5 years. Take a variety of healthy vitamins so definately not deficient in anything.

Tried the essential oils (about 5) added to minoxidil for about a year and no change with this really.

New addition is 1 tab open dutasteride to minoxidil will see how this goes.

 

[abovedagame]

I take 1.25 finasteride (25 years on this) from a Proscar tab, 5% minoxidil (minoxidil 2% started 1985 and then when 5% came out in 90’s started) usually 2x per day, nizoral maybe 3x per week, and red light in morning now 5 min to scalp for about 1.5 years. Take a variety of healthy vitamins so definately not deficient in anything.

Tried the essential oils (about 5) added to minoxidil for about a year and no change with this really.

New addition is 1 tab open dutasteride to minoxidil will see how this goes.

Has your hair maintained the last 25 years since adding finasteride?

 

[Thinning Sucks]

Yes maintained somewhat but slow degradation.

 

[losingbattle88]

Yes maintained somewhat but slow degradation.

I use topical 1mg finasteride with minoxidil and take 0.25mg oral daily. Thats it.

 

[abovedagame]

Yes maintained somewhat but slow degradation.

Yes maintained somewhat but slow degradation.

Thank you. What Norwood did you start at and where are you now? What age did you start treatment?

 

[abovedagame]

I use topical 1mg finasteride with minoxidil and take 0.25mg oral daily. Thats it.

Do you buy the topical premade or do you make it yourself?

 

[losingbattle88]

Do you buy the topical premade or do you make it yourself?

Premade.

 

[Thinning Sucks]

Thank you. What Norwood did you start at and where are you now? What age did you start treatment?

I’m a heavy diffuse thinner all over and crown is pretty well gone now - the frontal is decent and still diffuse even with a 300 graft transplant at 32 almost 28 years ago, so still looks acceptable. Treatments started with 2% minoxidil in about 1985 I think but the major ones started in about 1999 with finasteride and minoxidil 5%.

 

[abovedagame]

I’m a heavy diffuse thinner all over and crown is pretty well gone now - the frontal is decent and still diffuse even with a 300 graft transplant at 32 almost 28 years ago, so still looks acceptable. Treatments started with 2% minoxidil in about 1985 I think but the major ones started in about 1999 with finasteride and minoxidil 5%.

Thanks for that brief history. What treatment would you say gave you the most benefit?